2022 Chicago Marathon has come to an end, but the story that happened in this race is still talked about by many runners.
Dong Guojian ran again for 2 hours and 9 minutes. This third best result in Chinese marathon history made domestic runners excited and moved. The defending champion Kenya player Ruth Chepngetich showed a brave performance. She missed the world record with 14 seconds of regret, but made the runners who witnessed the game excited. At the same time, the runner-up in the women's group, American athlete Emily Sisson, who set a new record in the American women's marathon, also made people's eyes shine.
This time, Xisen successfully rewrites the US record with a time of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 29 seconds, setting a former US women's national record of 2 hours, 19 minutes and 12 seconds held by American star Keira DAmato, and also became the first person in North America to run into 2 hours, 19 minutes and 19 minutes in history.
Perhaps, many runners will feel a little unfamiliar with this quiet American marathon "No. 1" but Xisen, who has become the national record and North American record weight title owner of the American women's marathon, is not a talented player who has emerged.
Previously, she represented the United States in the World Championships and Olympics many times. She is a powerful veteran in the long-term international competition and has a solid foundation in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter field competition. This successful outbreak can be said to be a true manifestation of accumulation and development.
Long-term precipitation and continuous progress
Emily.Shisen
Emily.Shisen was born on October 12, 1991. He is 157cm tall and weighs 45kg. He is considered a petite long-distance running player. Her hometown is located in the western United States, Arizona. Her father Mark Sisson was a long-distance runner on the University of Wisconsin team in college, and her mother had the experience of a gymnast, so Sheesson grew up in a family full of sports atmosphere.
Hisen began to try running training in junior high school, but her original intention was to enhance her endurance when playing football, but she soon discovered that her athletic talent was running instead of football. She participated in the National Youth Olympics Championships at the age of 14 and won the 800-meter gold medal.
In 2010, she followed her father's footsteps and became a member of the University of Wisconsin team. This year, she won 6th place in the 5000m event of the U20 World Championships with a score of 15:48.91. However, a year later she gave up on University of Wisconsin and transferred to Providence College . It was also from then on that time that she officially became a disciple of the famous track and field coach Ray Treacy and has continued to this day.
2015 NCAA women's 5000m championship took a photo with the coach
Under the guidance of coach Tracy, Xisen gradually emerged among the elite American women's long-distance running players. In 2015, she represented Providence College to win the NCAA women's 5000m championship.
After graduation, Xisen began to step onto a higher competitive stage. The 10,000-meter race of the 2017 London World Championships won ninth place with a time of 31:26.36; in April 2019, Xisen started his marathon debut at the London Marathon, and finally ranked sixth with a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 06 seconds, and also created the second fastest debut in the history of the American women's marathon; in September of the same year, the Doha World Championships ranked tenth in the 10,000-meter race with 31 minutes, 12 seconds and 56.
Tokyo Olympics
2020 US Championships Women's 10,000m match, Xisen won the championship with a time of 31 minutes 03 seconds 82, and received a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics as he wished. In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Women's 10,000m competition, she won tenth place with a score of 31:04.46.
After the Tokyo Olympics, she began to shift her training focus to road running events.
Behind the record breaking
2021 US Championship Women's 10000m win
There is no doubt that Xisen is a player with long-distance running talent, but compared with her outstanding performance in her youth, Xisen later experienced many international competitions, her results and rankings are definitely not outstanding. But if you look closely, you will find that she not only maintained stable performance but also continued to improve.
It is based on her long-term and solid training accumulation that she successfully rewrites the American women's marathon record at the 2022 Chicago Marathon with a very high level of smooth performance. Speaking of this, we have to talk about Xisen's coach Tracy again. As the saying goes, there are often horses, but there are not often horses. Xisen's success comes largely from his mentor.
For a long time, coach Tracy has adopted a relatively conservative training style for Heesen. Not only is the control of running volume relatively rigorous, but the control of running volume growth is also very strict. Paying special attention to recovery is also the style of Tracy's coaching. Generally, he will arrange key classes within 4 days, such as interval training, speed training, and long-distance training. In addition, he will arrange easy training content with a smaller load in three days, so as to ensure that Xisen can conduct the next key training when fully recovered.
Not only that, coach Tracy is very alert to the physical discomfort that occurs during training, and will seek the intervention of doctors and physical therapists in a timely manner. Before determining the severity and specific situation of the problem, he would rather sacrifice the continuous training than ignore it, because in his opinion, it is necessary to maintain patience during training, and the health of the players is the prerequisite for exploring the greatest potential.
In addition, Xisen's marathon training plan actually started as early as 2015. After Xisen just won the women's 5000m championship in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships that year, coach Tracy pointed out that the 5000m is not her most development potential event. Xisen's advantage is that she has very good running efficiency and will definitely become an Olympic-level marathon player in the future. At that time, Xisen had not even run a half-marathon, and coach Tracy's prediction came true 7 years later.
is worth thinking about, this training concept of relatively stable, slow progress and pursuing long-term progress results is undoubtedly a precious sample in the current environment of pursuing rapid results, and perhaps this is also where we learn.
Marathon journey has just set off
2019 London Marathon
Xisen's first horse was in the London Marathon in April 2019. The finishing result of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 06 seconds is excellent! However, her marathon journey was not smooth. In the women's marathon trials at the Tokyo Olympic Games in February 2020, she retired from the competition after 30 kilometers.
It can be imagined that the result of withdrawal from the competition was still a big blow to Xisen, who had been preparing for the Olympic marathon for for five years. This caused her to fall into a trough. Fortunately, she was relieved with the encouragement of her coach and husband and soon returned to training.
In response to the premature fatigue of the anterior thigh muscle group shown in the Olympic trials, under the suggestion of her physical therapist, the posterior muscle chain and core parts were strengthened, and her targeted adjustments were soon reflected in the 2022 season.
2022 US Half Marathon Championship wins the championship
On May 7, 2022, Heason won the women's championship with 1:07:11, raising Sara Hall's US record set by 4 seconds in Houston on January 16, 2022. This is her sixth All-American title and her first half Marathon championship.
Then, now, Xisen has the record of the US women’s half marathon and marathon. If there is no accident, she will represent the United States in the 2023 Budapest World Championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics marathon. At that time, the golden age of 32 and 33 years old may make her deal with the marathon track more easily.
At present, it is not possible to confirm whether Xisen will continue to strive for a step further in the 10,000-meter field race. From the current situation, compared with Xisen's continued efforts in the marathon event will definitely be more rewarding.
Today, under the trend of rapid progress in women's marathons, I believe that after experiencing more marathons, Xisen's strength can be further improved. All in all, her marathon journey has just begun.
In the past two days, Xisen has just celebrated her 32nd birthday. I wish her better performance in the future!
